GUANGXU IRON-RED SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)

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A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'HUNDRED BATS' DISH
GUANGXU IRON-RED SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
With shallow rounded sides, the interior is enamelled with a lively multitude of iron-red bats in flight amidst scattered trefoil clouds in green, blue, pink and pale yellow, all within a narrow gilt and iron-red band below the rim. The exterior sides are similarly decorated.
13 1/2 in. (34.5 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong in 1997

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Lot Essay

A similar but larger dish was included in the exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1983, Catalogue, no.139, later sold at Christie's Singapore, 30 March 1997, lot 285.

According to Jan Stuart, 'Layers of Meaning', in Joined Colors - Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 57, bats and clouds symbolise 'vast happiness piled up to the sky'.

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